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A critical part of any event experience is well-curated music, and this year’s Delight Conference was no exception. With thoughtful selections from our excellent emcee, Dave Wieneke, the day rolled along in harmony. So much, in fact, that some attendees requested the playlist specifically: Thrilled that some @DelightConf videos now available http://t.co/MJy0WVQQM5 … but also […]

Creating special experiences is about delivering the unexpected in the familiar, says the founder of fashion-meets-technology startup Bow & Drape, Aubrie Pagano. The startup has taken cues from their old Boston neighbor, Johnny Cupcakes, to build elements of surprise on two levels: Product design: As Aubrie notes, the Johnny Cupcakes approach was her model example […]

As an anthropologist and researcher, Genevieve Bell is an expert in understanding the intersection of people and technology. According to Genevieve, one thing hasn’t changed about human beings in spite of rapid changes in technology: we love a good story. As Genevieve explains, delighting people boils down to five core characteristics that we must consider […]

Inspiration is at the core of the charity: water experience, driving continued support for thousands of clean water projects through multifaceted digital campaigns. By sharing stories of campaign supporters, projects and outcomes, Kaitlyn Jankowski works with her team to inspire and perpetuate truly meaningful work. From lemonade stands to birthday campaigns, Kaitlyn and her team […]

Since joining Simple in 2010, Toby Sterrett has worked with a growing web development team to address the traditionally painful experience of consumer banking. As one of the first team members, Toby has led much of the development behind the Simple experience from the ground up. Drawing from the team’s collective experience as designers and bankers, Simple […]

Patricia Colley infuses fun into the collaboration process for organizations looking to frame problems, recognize truths and align strategically around their work. As an experience designer formerly with Microsoft, Sapient, Adaptive Path, and now Creative Catalysts, Patricia leverages improv and gamestorming tools to get teams thinking and working together in creative ways. “…gamestorming techniques & […]

Since an early adolescent decision to purchase his first computer, James McQuivey has dedicated his energy to anticipating behavior and value shifts around technology. Through analyzing decades worth of data, James gleans insights to help organizations understand, predict and strategize for disruption in the digital space. “The most important thing that I am able to […]

Abi Jones has been making things for the internet for years. Through experience in the education space to defining frameworks for user-generated experiences in social, her affinity for understanding stories enables her to bring a strategic perspective to interaction design (most recently for developing Google’s Knowledge Graph). As Abi explains, leveraging storyboarding techniques has been […]

Through firsthand startup insight, conversations with fellow interaction designers, and his own established consulting practice, Samuel has developed best practices for user onboarding to enable organizational and individual success.

Our Delightful emcee, Dave Wieneke, returns for a third year on stage this October. As a leader and strategist for brands looking to deliver exceptional digital experiences, Dave is the ideal emcee to narrate and shape the attendee experience at Delight 2014. In the video below, Dave discusses what differentiates Delight as a conference by […]

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Delight is hosted by the team at Connective DX, where we design and build great digital experiences. We enable our clients to see their business from the outside in, and we build that insight into the systems we develop and stories we tell. We serve clients globally from our offices in Portland, OR and Boston, MA. We’re digital specialists, working at the intersection of strategy, design, technology, and digital enablement. Founded in 1997 we've been lucky to partner with great organizations such as Columbia Sportswear, OHSU, Harvard University and many more.